If you had a bigger budget to work with, I would consider the Shuttle a
great choice, but in a $1500 system you are probably better off getting
a boring beige box and not cut corners on everything else.

You will need a video card
Either that or use the SK43G if available
or the SN41G2 and drop back to a 133 FSB CPU
Choices choices
I built up the SN41G2 with a XP1800 for my SIL, and it was a great
solution.
Someone posted recently about having trouble with the Nforce2 and wireless
though
If you went for a GA7VM400M that paradigm are currently using for their
upgrade kit package, and an ordinary case you would probably save $200 or
so, (but the shuttles are v sexy).
Your option costs $819 for the case CPU Mobo and Ram
Without the shuttle option it would be $80 + 183 + 126 + 142 = $531 and
includes graphics, saving 288, which added to your Monitor price 228 + 288
= 516 would damn near buy the LCD.

> > 2x256MB PC3200 Memory - $142
>
> You can get 1x512mb PC3200 for the same price or less.

Yeah, but you wouldn't want a single channel of RAM on that wee
Shuttle box. It's an NForce2 M/B with dual channel ram and an inbuilt
GF4MX video. You'd need two slots filled to get the dual channel
operating - it's about 5% faster overall and up to 40% faster on
graphical apps (e.g. games). A single slot of ram is a bottleneck to
the onboard video.

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